Module Code - Title:
HI4107
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CONSERVATIVES, PATRIOTS AND RADICALS: POLITICS AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY IN 18TH CENTURY BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Year Last Offered:
2023/4
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
The aim of the module is to examine the political development of Ireland and Britain in the eighteenth century. Students will examine the main ideologies that shaped the political discourse of Ireland and Britain, namely conservatism, patriotism, and new radical ideas emerging from the Enlightenment.
Syllabus:
æThe Glorious RevolutionÆ of 1688 û success of English protestantism; the idea of liberty and virtue; Jacobitism and Hanoverianism û crisis of succession, Whiggery and Torism, and æcourtÆ v. æcountryÆ, 1691-1714; the union with Scotland, 1707, and Irish disappointment; ascendant but divided Whigs; æthe wealth of nationsÆ: war, economy and the emergence of empire and imperial necessity; morals and the nation û religion and its influence; voters, patrons and parties û a place for ideology?; Irish patriotism û the æIrish nationÆ; political exclusion and the politically unconscious; loyal opposition and calls for reform; the power of the press; French and American Revolutions û the growth of radicalism (republicanism) and the conservative reaction; armed and dangerous û the Irish Volunteers; the fall and rise of Irish Catholicism; union and unionists û a conservative victory?
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this fourth-year module students should have the ability to
- recognise the key issues and events that shapted ideolgical responses to British and Irish politics in the eighteenth century,
- outline the basic principles that informed political thought and ideas that shaped British and Irish politics in the eighteenth century,
- consider the impact, intended and unintended, of political change on both the state and the individual,
- demonstrate a clear grasp of the primary source material for studying Irish and British politics,
- ascertain who or what were the main drivers of political change, and
- contrast the processes that informed British politics, on the one hand, and Irish politics on the other.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Not applicable
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
No
t applicable
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
This module is structured around a weekly two-hour seminar, which is used to discuss and understand the main themes. A one hour tutorial specifically examines primary source material. Field trips to archives or other appropriate locations are also included as a means of study, where possible.
Students taking this module will be challenged and stimulated by innovative and enthusiastic teaching approaches.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
This specialist module is designed to draw on the lecturer's primary research.
Prime Texts:
J.C.D. Clark (1985)
English Society 1688-1832. Ideology, Social Structure and Political Practice during the Ancien regime
, Cambridge
Bob Harris (2002)
Politics and the nation: Britain in the mid-eighteenth century
, Oxford
Patrick McNally (1997)
Parties, patriots and undertakers: parliamentary politics in early Hanoverian Ireland
, Dublin
Stephen Small (2002)
Political thought in Ireland, 1776-1798: republicanism, patriotism and radicalism
, Oxford
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester - Year to be First Offered:
Autumn
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08/09
Module Leader:
david.fleming@ul.ie